Let me get this straight. From the NY Times:

"The prosecution must also consider whether it believes the case is strong enough to proceed to trial if Mr. Strauss-Kahn refuses to plead guilty."

So prosecuting someone accused of a crime only works if you arrange ahead of time for them to admit their guilt?

I've followed the story as closely as my nausea will permit. So maybe I've missed a pivotal detail. But it seems to me that lying on your immigration papers, associating with drug dealers, and whatever else the victim is accused of are not circumstances that result in it being okay for someone to rape you.

*You were wearing a short skirt?
*You were drunk?
*You lied on your immigration papers?

Let's progress beyond all of these as excuses for attacking women. I don't know what really happened. But I do know that it's not the mark of a healthy culture to instinctively attack accusers, with the goal of dredging up unsavory information to color the interpretation of their character. Are we still talking about Strauss-Kahn's unsavory history as a sexual predator? Why or why not?